real moms {sharing} all things fabulous
I have a friend who always has her children dressed in the most adorable outfits. Her girl is a girly-girl and she loves to wear dresses with a great big matching hairbow. Her little boy is one of those children that’s so cute you just want to scoop him up and squeeze his little cheeks to…
With four kids ages 8 and under, we don’t go out a lot. So to fill all that time at home, we try to occasionally find a game where everyone can participate. The two and four year olds can’t read nor are they very speedy, but they like to watch and laugh and do their…
You know that one thing that you know you don’t need another one but if you find one that you like, you absolutely cannot resist buying it? Yeah. That’s me with bags. I have bags full of bags. I have boxes full of bags. I have bags in my car and hanging by the…
“Mama can we pleeeeeease take a bubble bath?” is something I’ve probably heard from my kids a hundred thousand times. Occasionally I give in and remember why I usually don’t. The itchy skin, the eczema that flares up. *sigh* But they really, really love bubbles, so I was really excited when the Sebamed samples came…
Our family is really big on recycling. Since our local garbage pick-up doesn’t offer recycling, my husband takes our recyclables to the center every week. But even at the center, there are some types of items they don’t take, like Roaring Water CapriSuns and potato chip bags. Those are two of our favorite special treats…
Growing up, my Mama was always the queen of notes. I’d find little notes tucked away in my backpack or books or flute case. In college, my roommate and I had completely opposite schedules a lot of the time and we would leave Post-It notes on the bathroom mirror for each other. When my husband…
Whether it’s school or church or daycare or just when we’re out and about, I’ve probably lost approximately 465,238 bottles and sippy cups in the past 8 years. Keeping up with cups isn’t really my forte. Neither is checking the diaper bag before I leave. And with 4 children who have gone through nursery and…
School starts in 3 minutes and you live 3 minutes away. “We can make it! Go! Go! Go!” As you run out the door you realize that not only do you not have on matching shoes, you haven’t had time to brush your hair. “Forget the shoes,” you think, “but I cannot go out in…
Last spring a friend suggested that we take the kids geocaching. Not only did I not have any idea what she was talking about, but when she explained it to me I thought, “I have absolutely no desire to drive around looking for tiny hidden treasure.” But the more I thought about it, the more…
Before I had girls I was in the anti-pink, anti-princess camp. But little girls have a way of pulling out your inner diva, complete with fluffy pink boa and glittery shoes. With two frilly, giggly girls in the house, we have an abundance of tiaras and wands and tutus and teeny tiny cloppity-clop “high heels”….
When I’m traveling, I wear sensible clothes that can be comfortable in a variety of settings. I layer and usually wear closed-toed shoes (because I’m apparently becoming my grandmother). When I go to the playground with my kids, I’m usually in capris and a tee shirt. When I’m by myself and ready to relax…